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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 10, 2020 When NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at asteroid (101955) Bennu, mission scientists knew that their spacecraft was orbiting something special. Not only was the boulder-strewn asteroid shaped like a rough diamond, its surface was crackling with activity, shedding small pieces of rock into space. Now, after more than a year and a half up close with Bennu, they're starting to better understand these dynamic particle-ejection events. A collection of studies in a special edition of the Journal of ... read more |
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GITAI and Nanoracks demonstrate GITAI robot inside the Nanoracks Bishop AirlockTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 10, 2020 In 2021, space robotics start-up GITAI, in collaboration with Nanoracks, will conduct a technical demonstration of a GITAI robot executing versatile tasks inside the Nanoracks' Bishop Airlock Module ... more 
SwRI-led study indicates sand-sized meteoroids are peppering asteroid BennuSan Antonio TX (SPX) Sep 10, 2020 A new study published this month in JGR Planets posits that the major particle ejections off the near-Earth asteroid Bennu may be the consequence of impacts by small, sand-sized particles called met ... more  
China's Chang'e-4 probe reveals landing site impact history on moon's far sideBeijing (XNA) Sep 10, 2020 Based on data from China's Chang'e-4 probe, Chinese scientists have determined the thickness of the regolith and revealed the fine subsurface structures and evolutionary history of the probe's landi ... more 
How small particles could reshape Bennu and other asteroidsBoulder CO (SPX) Sep 10, 2020 In January 2019, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft was orbiting asteroid Bennu when the spacecraft's cameras caught something unexpected: Thousands of tiny bits of material, some just the size of marbles ... more |
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NASA enlists commercial partners to fly payloads to MoonWashington DC (SPX) Sep 09, 2020 NASA has issued another request to its 14 Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) partners to bid on flying a suite of payloads to the Moon. The request asks partners to fly 10 NASA science investi ... more  
ERC Space and Robotics Event 2020Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Sep 09, 2020 In less than a week, nearly 30 teams from 14 countries will take part in the finale of the sixth edition of the ERC 2020, which is the prestigious Martian rover competition. What's the best way to g ... more  
Study pinpoints process that might have led to first organic moleculesNew York NY (SPX) Sep 09, 2020 New research led by the American Museum of Natural History and funded by NASA identifies a process that might have been key in producing the first organic molecules on Earth about 4 billion years ag ... more 
The ERC 2020 shows how to adapt in a post-pandemic worldWarsaw, Poland (SPX) Sep 09, 2020 The Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across all branches of the economy worldwide; leaving some of them profoundly impacted for the foreseeable future. The space industry has not been insulated f ... more 
SETI Institute and GNU Radio join forcesMountain View CA (SPX) Sep 09, 2020 The SETI Institute and GNU Radio are officially joining forces to continue work already underway for signal processing at the SETI Institute's Allen Telescope Array (ATA) at the Hat Creek Radio Obse ... more |
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Researchers find unexpected electrical current that could stabilize fusion reactionsPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 Electric current is everywhere, from powering homes to controlling the plasma that fuels fusion reactions to possibly giving rise to vast cosmic magnetic fields. Now, scientists at the U.S. Departme ... more  |
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Nereidum Montes a mountain landscape formed by water, ice and windBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 04, 2020 images, acquired by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), show part of the Nereidum Montes region. Wind, water, ice and tectonic forces have created a highly diverse landscape. The HRSC has been ... more 
New observations show planet-forming disc torn apart by its three central starsMunich, Germany (SPX) Sep 04, 2020 A team of astronomers have identified the first direct evidence that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disc, leaving it warped and with tilted rings. This new research suggests exo ... more  
China's reusable spacecraft returns to Earth after 2 daysBeijing (Sputnik) Sep 07, 2020 The Chinese reusable experimental spaceship has successfully returned to Earth having spent two days in the orbit, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday. The reusable spaceship was lau ... more 
Making PerwaveParis (ESA) Sep 02, 2020 What looks like an engine made its way to space and back last November. While the hardware of the Perwaves experiment will not end up in your car, results from this research could lead to more effic ... more 
NASA Readies Perseverance Mars Rover's Earthly TwinPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2020 As NASA's Mars rover Perseverance hurtles through space toward the Red Planet, the six-wheeler's twin is ready to roll here on Earth. A full-scale engineering version of the Mars 2020 Persever ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 
An observer standing on Mars would see the planet's moon Phobos cross the sky from west to east every five hours. Its orbit passes between the sun and any given point on Mars about once each Earth year. Each time it does so, it causes from one to seven solar eclipses within the space of three days. One place where this happens is the site of NASA's InSight lander, stationed in the Elysium Planit ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 10, 2020 
Based on data from China's Chang'e-4 probe, Chinese scientists have determined the thickness of the regolith and revealed the fine subsurface structures and evolutionary history of the probe's landing site on the moon's far side.
The study revealed that the landing area of the probe, located within the largest and oldest impact basin on the moon, had experienced multiple impact events and ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 10, 2020 
The hydrogen atom, with its single proton orbited by a single electron, is arguably the simplest material out there. Elemental hydrogen can nonetheless exhibit extremely complex behavior - at megabar pressures, for example, it undergoes a transition from being an insulating fluid to being a metallic conductive fluid.
While the transition is fascinating simply from the point of view of cond ... more |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Sep 10, 2020 
Dense metallic hydrogen - a phase of hydrogen which behaves like an electrical conductor - makes up the interior of giant planets, but it is difficult to study and poorly understood. By combining artificial intelligence and quantum mechanics, researchers have found how hydrogen becomes a metal under the extreme pressure conditions of these planets.
The researchers, from the University of C ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 
NASA is preparing for the first launch of a sounding rocket since the coronavirus pandemic began in the United States. The DUST-2 mission, which is short for the Determining Unknown yet Significant Traits-2, will carry a miniature laboratory into space, simulating how tiny grains of space dust - the raw materials of stars, planets and solar systems - form and grow. The launch window opens at the ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Sep 07, 2020 
The Chinese reusable experimental spaceship has successfully returned to Earth having spent two days in the orbit, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.
The reusable spaceship was launched this past Friday on a Long March 2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert.
While little has so far been known about the reusable capsule, Xinhua said t ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Sep 10, 2020 
A new study published this month in JGR Planets posits that the major particle ejections off the near-Earth asteroid Bennu may be the consequence of impacts by small, sand-sized particles called meteoroids onto its surface as the object nears the Sun. The study's primary author is Southwest Research Institute scientist Dr. William Bottke, who used data from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 11, 2020 
The Army is evaluating new air and missile defense systems - and testing laser weapons - after postponing some tests due to COVID-19.
Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment and 3rd Bn., 6th Air Defense Artillery Air Missile Defense Test Detachment are involved in a limited user test of the Integrated Battle Command System that began in early July, accordi ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 26, 2020 
The U.S. Army's most advanced Patriot missile misfired during a major test of the Army's Integrated Battle Command System, an Army official confirmed.
A hit-to-kill Patriot Advanced Capability-2 Guided Enhanced Missile was used against a cruise missile target last week in alive-fire exercise at the Army's White Sands, N. M., Missile Range, but failed, Col. Phil Rottenborn, IBCS project ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 16, 2020 
Volcano-like features seen in polar regions of Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft could be evidence of explosive eruptions that may continue today, according to a new paper by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Charles A. Wood and coauthor Jani Radebaugh of Brigham Young University.
Morphological features such as nested collapses, elevated ramparts, halos, and islan ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2020 
"Eat your vitamins" might be replaced with "ingest your ceramic nano-particles" in the future as space research is giving more weight to the idea that nanoscopic particles could help protect cells from common causes of damage.
Oxidative stress occurs in our bodies when cells lose the natural balance of electrons in the molecules that we are made of. This is a common and constant occurrence ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2020 
Giant balloons launched into the stratosphere to beam internet service to Earth have helped scientists measure tiny ripples in our upper atmosphere, uncovering patterns that could improve weather forecasts and climate models.
The ripples, known as gravity waves or buoyancy waves, emerge when blobs of air are forced upward and then pulled down by gravity. Imagine a parcel of air that rushes ... more |
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 Rochester NY (SPX) Sep 10, 2020 
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration recently announced the discovery of GW190521, the most massive gravitational wave binary observed to date, and Rochester Institute of Technology scientists played an important role in identifying and analyzing the event.
They detected the signal with the National Science Foundation's Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Obser ... more |
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 Adelphi MD (SPX) Sep 02, 2020 
A new, miniature, low-frequency antenna with enhanced bandwidth will enable robust networking among compact, mobile robots in complex environments.
In a collaborative effort between the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory and the University of Michigan, researchers developed a novel design approach that improves upon limitations of conventional ante ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 09, 2020 
Following a joint R and D program led by the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR and D), in the Israel Ministry of Defense, with leading drone developer, XTEND, and the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO), of the U.S. Department of Defense, an operational pilot program has been launched employing Sparrowhawk drones in the defense of U.S. Special Forces. The prog ... more |
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